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Old Mar10-09, 12:18 PM                  #1
K Sengupta

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this/ close = 5/12

Solve this cryptarithm, where each of the letters represents a different decimal digit from 0 to 9. None of T and C is zero.

(THIS)/(CLOSE) = 5/12
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Old Mar14-09, 01:23 PM       Last edited by yyat; Mar14-09 at 06:38 PM..            #2
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Re: this/ close = 5/12

Edit: oops, forgot digits are supposed to be different...

fixed:
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8960/21504
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Old Mar14-09, 06:06 PM       Last edited by ƒ(x); Mar14-09 at 08:56 PM..            #3
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Re: this/ close = 5/12

Originally Posted by yyat View Post
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4170/10008
That answer is invalid due to the original problem constraints.

Edit: Haha. Do you mind if I ask how you got that answer?
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Old Aug14-09, 02:02 PM                  #4
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Re: this/ close = 5/12

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t=8 h=9 i=6 s=0 c=2 l=1 o=5 e=4
this=8960 close=21504
this*12=107520 close*5=107520
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